Hi folks, just upgraded my MBP to El Capitan, and now I can't screen-share to it unless the firewall is down. Just to be clear, Screen Sharing is working fine by itself: clients cannot connect only when the default OS X firewall is active. I'm running no other firewall software, and my firewall is configured to allow Screen Sharing:
![firewall.png]()
I'd prefer to have the firewall active, but I rely on Screen Sharing so I would love to poke a hole through the firewall for it.
By the way, I'm pretty sure the Screen Sharing executable itself is at
but I can't seem to add it to my firewall configuration (via the "+" button in the screenshot above).
Did a quick Google search but nothing seems to match my particular issue. Any clues? Thanks!
[doublepost=1453771651][/doublepost]Ok, so I browsed to the file in Finder:
![sharingfinder.png]()
and dragged it into my Firewall config:
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Pressed OK. Still doesn't work.
[doublepost=1453774227][/doublepost]So ... a reboot fixed it. How disappointingly Windows-like.
I'd prefer to have the firewall active, but I rely on Screen Sharing so I would love to poke a hole through the firewall for it.
By the way, I'm pretty sure the Screen Sharing executable itself is at
Code:
/System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/screensharingd.bundle/Contents/MacOS/screensharingdbut I can't seem to add it to my firewall configuration (via the "+" button in the screenshot above).
Did a quick Google search but nothing seems to match my particular issue. Any clues? Thanks!
[doublepost=1453771651][/doublepost]Ok, so I browsed to the file in Finder:
and dragged it into my Firewall config:
Pressed OK. Still doesn't work.
[doublepost=1453774227][/doublepost]So ... a reboot fixed it. How disappointingly Windows-like.
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